Clasrk Connect does indeed use Dansguardian. > Lots of possibilities, which is good. I like the idea of a computer > (running Clark Connect) working as a hardware firewall & filter. I wish > the guy helping me with networking had given me a bit more information > other than just setting thngs up. If I had to graft another box to the > current network, I would not know how, so I think this means I > ultimately will have to start all over sooner or later. Perhaps when I > have some time over Christmas break I will be able to learn some proper > networking, at least enough to be able to independantly install LDAP etc > to create a shared /home network by myself. > > ...in the meantime, last night I looked at DansGuardian ( > http://www.dansguardian.org ) which I think is brilliant for the > filtering side of things. Obviously a centralised internet server is the > way to go other than separate machine installs. Following the install > steps from http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/23/1521209.shtml > effectively firewalled me off the 'net, but a bit of tweaking ( > including chgrp & chown squid to /var/log/dansguardian and > /var/log/dansguardian/access.log ) eventually got things running on my > home Fedora Core box. > > I'm assuming that Clark Connect also uses the DansGuardian filter? > > I'm in agreement with Ben in that you've likely hit what I'm looking for > in terms of security. > > Lancer. > > > > Nathan Cook - nathan at coast-computers.co.nz wrote: > >>If you want to leave everything as it is thats fine, what you can do is >> install another PC inbetween the Server you currently have and the >> Wireless link you have. The PC could be any old one and all you need to >> do is set it up as a router with 2 NICs inside it forwarding the >> traffic from the wireless link to the current server with the new PC >> also doing the traffic filtering. >> >>Things you need to know is the IP address of the current server so as >> not to conflict and forward to the correct IP address and thats about >> it, may take an afternoon to setup maybe more as sometimes you can >> never tell ;) >> >>Wireless Link --> Router/Internet Filter --> Current Server --> Switch >> --> Current PCs >> >>Hope that's clear, you could also add a filterer to each PC with >> apt-get or whatever you use. >> >>Regards >> >>Nathan >> >> >> >>>I've now looked at Clark Connect. It appears to be a separate router / >>> firewall distro. Already we are running FC and I assume applying Clark >>> Connect would mean adding a new box as the main internet server. This >>> may mean complications to the current shared /home dir setup... >>>networking along these lines is where I tend to lack experience. >>> >>>At this point what I'm looking for is a nework filter along the lines >>> of "Netnanny" to police children from accessing porn sites etc before >>> it happens. It took a lot of tweaking around before Garth managed to >>> get the current network cooperating in the shared /home sense. >>> >>>Would Clark Connect mean I have to uninstall the current setup and >>> start all over? >>> >>>Seems like a lot of reinventing the wheel at this point, as the >>> current applications, groups etc required for our school setup are >>> currently up and running on FC. >>> >>>Lancer. >>> >>> >>>Nathan Cook - nathan at coast-computers.co.nz wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi Lance, >>>> >>>>You mentioned about updating your server at the school, heres the >>>> link to Clark Connect http://www.clarkconnect.org/index.php, you >>>> should be able to do everything that you want to do with this OS. >>>> >>>>I'm more than happy to help you upgrade as well, I have also arranged >>>> to get a larger hard drive for it if needed (only IDE though) but if >>>> SCSI is needed I should be able to one of those if I ask nicely. >>>> >>>>Regards >>>> >>>>Nathan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>KLUG mailing list >>>>KLUG at linux.net.nz >>>>http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>KLUG mailing list >>>KLUG at linux.net.nz >>>http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>KLUG mailing list >>KLUG at linux.net.nz >>http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > KLUG mailing list > KLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug
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